The Chosen
Subtitle: The Hidden History of Admission and Exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin; Houghton Mifflin Co.
Published: October 26, 2005
Language: eng
Number of pages: 720
ISBN-13: 9780618574582
Description: The author presents the findings of his survey of admissions at Princeton, revealing a century of exclusion that cuts to the core of the American experience, while raising questions about the stratification of higher education in America.
Table of contents: title: Elite Education and the Protestant Ethos; title: The Big Three Before Selective Admissions; title: Harvard and the Battle Over Restriction; title: The "Jewish Problem" at Yale and Princeton; title: Harvard's Conant: The Man and his Ideals; title: The Reality of Admission Under Conant; title: Relucatant Redorm Comes to Yale; title: Princeton: The Club Expands Its Membership; title: Wilbur Bender and His Legacy; title: Tradition and Change at Old Nassau; title: Yale: From Insularity to Inclusion; title: Inky Clark, Kingman Brewster and the Revolution at Yale; title: Radical Conflict and the Incorporation of Blacks; title: Coeducation and the Struggle for Gender Equality; title: The Alumni Revolt at Yale and Princeton; title: Diversity, the Bakke Case and the Defense of Autonomy; title: Money, the Market Ethos, and the Struggle for Position; title: The Battle over Merit